This was a recent experiment. Made from a 1x6 old Cedar fence board, some small pieces of 1/4 inch plywood and some scrap pieces of mahogany. The trick was hollowing the piece out without having it fling itself from the lathe at 1200 rpm. The bottom was made separately and glued in place after the piece was finished.
Great idea !!! Jerry
Turning so the layers are on the diagonal was a great idea. And including the tight knots was as well. Three ply ply - a good idea - if there are no obvious voids in it.
An included knot, or even where an obvious knot WAS are things you can get away with. It's those small, but obvious flaws that are hard to get away with
Nice experiment - a Proof Of Concept piece. Now try one with good baltic birch ply and work on your spindle turning to refine those parts and you've got a piece that may cause OOOOHs and AAAHHHHHs.
Thanks Charlie! Part of this experiment was teaching myself to create a blank with diagonal lines. Learning the proper turning sequence to get the piece hollow was an adventure in itself. The piece has more than a few "bad spots", but since it was all for learning purposes, I've forgiven myself! ;) I was so happy to get the thing off the lathe in one piece, when I got to the base and finial, I just wanted it to be finished! lol
Bob Crawford
Bob:
If the finial and foot are Add Ons, you can do quick and dirty versions first - and go back later and turn more refined ones.
The diagonal lines idea is slick. Have you thought about intersecting diagonal lines to do diamond patterns?
It's interesting that by just changing one assumption of how segmented or laminated pieces "should look" the results can be so noticably different - and nice.
Look foreward to where you take this. Please post The Next One - or a link to it.
charlie b
Nice turning. Perhaps a little larger base would make it look more balanced.
Hi Charlie!
Yes, I've "revisited" more than one project since I started turning. As my skill and "vision" get better, I start to see many things I've done in a different light.
Hmmm, the diamond pattern is definitely one I'll have to explore. I've got some pics (somewhere) of the process I used to create the diagonal blank. I'll have to see if I can post a link to them.
More to come for sure Charlie.
Thanks for your input.
Bob Crawford
Thanks Gerald. I kind of like the smaller bases. Perching atop that small base seems, to me, to give the main body more importance. I've done larger bases on some things, particularly when they're squat and large in diameter.
Bob Crawford
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